Thursday Crossword — January 28, 1988 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/28/1988. By June A. Boggs.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Deck unit (4)
CARD
5 Across: Without (4)
SANS
9 Across: O.T. book (4)
OBAD
13 Across: Melville work (4)
OMOO
14 Across: Stuff (4)
CRAM
15 Across: "Symposium" author (5)
PLATO
16 Across: Bunk (9)
MOONSHINE
18 Across: Spartan serf (5)
HELOT
19 Across: Clever (6)
ASTUTE
20 Across: Kit's partner (8)
CABOODLE
22 Across: Bull (8)
TOMMYROT
24 Across: Days of yore, of yore (3)
ELD
25 Across: Alien in a sitcom (3)
ALF
28 Across: Minute (3)
WEE
29 Across: A beast of the chase (4)
BOAR
31 Across: Skirmish (5)
MELEE
33 Across: Outgrowth (4)
LIMB
36 Across: Minn. neighbor (4)
NDAK
39 Across: Ellipsoid (4)
OVAL
40 Across: Hokum (5)
HOOEY
41 Across: French department (4)
TARN
42 Across: Worn-out horses (4)
RIPS
43 Across: Designer Fogarty (4)
ANNE
44 Across: Dance spot, for short (5)
DISCO
45 Across: "___ Souls": Gogol (4)
DEAD
47 Across: School subj. (3)
SCI
49 Across: Gee opposite (3)
HAW
50 Across: Fuss (3)
ADO
52 Across: Applesauce (8)
FALDERAL
56 Across: Drumbeater (8)
PROMOTER
58 Across: Characteristic auras (6)
AROMAS
62 Across: De Mille–Copland ballet (5)
RODEO
63 Across: Horsefeathers (9)
POPPYCOCK
65 Across: Estuary (5)
INLET
66 Across: Cannonballed (4)
TORE
67 Across: Cows, formerly (4)
KINE
68 Across: Emblem of Wales (4)
LEEK
69 Across: Footless (4)
APOD
70 Across: Tons (4)
SLEW

Down Answers

1 Down: Stupor (4)
COMA
2 Down: ___ Jacobs (Danny Thomas) (4)
AMOS
3 Down: Type of canal (4)
ROOT
4 Down: Bake-shop offering (5)
DONUT
5 Down: Contrive (6)
SCHEME
6 Down: "Exodus" character (3)
ARI
7 Down: Cartoonist Bushmiller's strip (5)
NANCY
8 Down: Vilify (5)
SMEAR
9 Down: Dairy-department item (4)
OLEO
10 Down: Bosh (10)
BALDERDASH
11 Down: Maldives unit (5)
ATOLL
12 Down: Was weak-minded (5)
DOTED
15 Down: Snap (5)
PHOTO
17 Down: "The Minister's Wooing" writer (5)
STOWE
21 Down: Billy carrier (5)
BOBBY
23 Down: Juicy fruit (5)
MELON
25 Down: ___ patriae (4)
AMOR
26 Down: Clothier Strauss (4)
LEVI
27 Down: Baloney (10)
FLAPDOODLE
30 Down: Missile or tank starter (4)
ANTI
32 Down: "What ___ is new?" (4)
ELSE
34 Down: Drama by Euripides (3)
ION
35 Down: Reagan's Attorney General (5)
MEESE
37 Down: Spanish chest (4)
ARCA
38 Down: ___-nothing (ignoramus) (4)
KNOW
40 Down: Attacked (5)
HADAT
44 Down: Frank product (5)
DIARY
46 Down: In progress (5)
AFOOT
48 Down: Made the hair curly (6)
CRAPED
50 Down: Millay's "Second ___" (5)
APRIL
51 Down: Parasite (5)
DRONE
53 Down: Greek coins (5)
LEPTA
54 Down: Flag (5)
DROOP
55 Down: Canal sights (5)
LOCKS
57 Down: Far from aggressive (4)
MEEK
59 Down: Drudgery (4)
MOIL
60 Down: Rosacea (4)
ACNE
61 Down: Slanting (4)
SKEW
64 Down: King or Court status (3)
PRO

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